Ravlway-rail joint and fastening



(No Model.) 9 v P. P. SMITH. RAILWAY RAIL JOINT AND FASTENING.

No. 499,049. Patented June 6, 1993.

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t PARKER P. SMITH, OF JEANNETTE, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAiLWAY-RAIL JOINT AND FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 499,049, dated June 6, 1893.

Application filed March 9, 1893. Serial No. 465,653. (No model.)

all whom it may concern:

e it known that I, PARKER P. SMITH, a citiof the United States, residing at Jeannette, he county of Westmoreland and State of insylvania, have invented new and useful movements in Railway-Rail Joints and .tenings;of which the following is a specifi- LOH. his invention has relation to improvents in fastenings for the meeting ends of lroad rails, and it consists in the novel conuction and arrangement of parts, as will hereinafter described and particularly lnted out in the claims. in the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 a perspective view of my improvement. g. 2 is a transverse vertical section thereof, d Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views of the bolt, aking plate, and key. Referring to the drawings, the letters A and designate the meeting ends of a railroad ll constructed in the ordinary manner, and wing a series of openings in their body porins for the passage of bolts. The letters D, D, indicate fish plates or airs which are constructed as shown to inlse the opposite sides of the sections below 5 tread of the rails, their upper portions ing beveled so as to abut against the under rfaces of the tread. The lower or outer exnnities of the fish plates are provided with coves or channels a, which are designed to over the outer edges of the rails to keep 9 rails in position. Q are elongated slots formed in the fish ates for a purpose presently to be menlned. The letter E designates bolts to engage the enings of the rails and corresponding opengs in the fish plates. One end of these lts is headed while their opposite ends are PtChGd or cut-away as at b for a purpose also be presently explained.

E are the locking plates having central penings c, which are designed to be passed ter the notched ends of the bolts, the notches iojecting outward some distance from the bodies of the lockin g plates. These plates are also provided with beveled upper edges which are arranged with respect to the tread of the rail similar to those of the fish plates. The lower face portions of these plates are provided with projections or lugs d, by means of which recesses e, are formed between them.

The letter G designates the keys of my irn provement which are made preferably in wedge shape form as shown, and these keys consist of having their central portions slotted as shown at f, forming on opposite sides of the slots, legs g. The said slots are designetl to be passed over the notched ends of the bolts and the keys forced downward until one portion of the ends thereof enters the recesses between the lugs, the extreme ends of the legs of the key-plates entering the slots of the fish plates whereby the keys are securely held in place, thus rendering the several parts of my improvement immovable.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combination with the rails, and the fish plates; of a bolt having a notch at one end, a plate with lugs fitted on said bolt, akey with a central slot for engaging the notch of said bolt and lugs of said plate, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination with the rails and fish plates with slots therein, said plates inclosing the bodies of the rails below their treads, and having channels for engaging the lower outer edges of said rails, of the bolts having notches at one end, a locking plate with lugs, and an v opening for engaging the bolt, slotted keys with legs for engaging the notches of bolts, lugs of the plate, and slots of the fish plates, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

PARKER P. SMITH. [L. S.]

W'itnesses:

RoB'r. COOK, J. R. SPIEGEL. 

